Thursday, December 13, 2012

Unintentionally hilarious pro-choice quote of the week

Goes to RH RealityCheck's Robin Marty for her comment regarding prolife legislation in Michigan which passed the Michigan Senate yesterday by an overwhelming 27-10 vote.

The fact that the final vote was only 27 to 10 is perhaps the best indicator of exactly how overreaching the super bill is.

This is a little like saying: "The fact that the Seattle Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday by a score of only 58-0 is perhaps the best indicator of exactly how great a team the Cardinals are right now. "

But Robin at least tries to make an argument.

A small number of legislators who don't identify as pro-choice rejected the bill, considering it far too extreme.

That small number would be 2 since she claims only 8 Michigan senators openly refer to themselves as pro-choice. But these 2 legislators aren't prolife legislators. They're Democrat pro-choice legislators with pro-choice voting records who apparently (Robin provides no evidence except citing "Michigan activists" and doesn't even name the legislators) don't identify themselves as pro-choice.

So a piece of legislation which passes 27-10 is overreaching because two Democrat senators with pro-choice voting records who don't openly refer to themselves as "pro-choice" voted against it.